#requires -Version 2.0 -RunAsAdministrator <# .SYNOPSIS Configure the Windows 10 Start Menu .DESCRIPTION Configure the Windows 10 Start Menu .NOTES Version 1.0.3 .LINK http://enatec.io #> [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'Low')] param () begin { Write-Output -InputObject 'Configure the Windows 10 Start Menu' #region Defaults $SCT = 'SilentlyContinue' #endregion Defaults if (Get-Command -Name 'Set-MpPreference' -ErrorAction $SCT) { $null = (Set-MpPreference -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -Force -ErrorAction $SCT) } $StartMenuContent = @' '@ $StartMenuFile = "$env:windir\StartMenuLayout.xml" } process { # Stop Search - Gain performance $null = (Get-Service -Name 'WSearch' -ErrorAction $SCT | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Status -eq 'Running' } | Stop-Service -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction $SCT) # Delete layout file if it already exists $paramTestPath = @{ Path = $StartMenuFile ErrorAction = $SCT } if (Test-Path @paramTestPath) { $paramRemoveItem = @{ Path = $StartMenuFile Force = $true Confirm = $false ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = (Remove-Item @paramRemoveItem) } # Creates the blank layout file $paramOutFile = @{ FilePath = $StartMenuFile Encoding = 'ASCII' Force = $true ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = ($StartMenuContent | Out-File @paramOutFile) $RegistryAliases = @('HKLM', 'HKCU') # Assign the start layout and force it to apply with "LockedStartLayout" at both the machine and user level foreach ($RegistryAlias in $RegistryAliases) { $RegistryBasePath = ($RegistryAlias + ':\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows') $RegistryKeyPath = ($RegistryBasePath + '\Explorer') $paramTestPath = @{ Path = $RegistryKeyPath ErrorAction = $SCT } if (-not (Test-Path @paramTestPath)) { $paramNewItem = @{ Path = $RegistryBasePath Name = 'Explorer' Force = $true Confirm = $false ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = (New-Item @paramNewItem) } $paramSetItemProperty = @{ Path = $RegistryKeyPath Name = 'LockedStartLayout' Value = 1 Force = $true Confirm = $false ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = (Set-ItemProperty @paramSetItemProperty) $paramSetItemProperty = @{ Path = $RegistryKeyPath Name = 'StartLayoutFile' Value = $StartMenuFile Force = $true Confirm = $false ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = (Set-ItemProperty @paramSetItemProperty) } # Restart Explorer, open the start menu (necessary to load the new layout) $null = (Stop-Process -Name explorer) # Give it a few seconds to process Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $paramNewObject = @{ ComObject = 'wscript.shell' } $WScriptShell = (New-Object @paramNewObject) $WScriptShell.SendKeys('^{ESCAPE}') # Give it a few seconds to process Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 # Enable the ability to pin items again by disabling "LockedStartLayout" foreach ($RegistryAlias in $RegistryAliases) { $RegistryBasePath = $RegistryAlias + ':\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows' $RegistryKeyPath = $RegistryBasePath + '\Explorer' $paramSetItemProperty = @{ Path = $RegistryKeyPath Name = 'LockedStartLayout' Value = 0 Force = $true Confirm = $false ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = (Set-ItemProperty @paramSetItemProperty) } # Restart Explorer and delete the layout file Stop-Process -Name explorer # Uncomment the next line to make clean start menu default for all new users # Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath $layoutFile -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\ $paramRemoveItem = @{ Path = $StartMenuFile Force = $true Confirm = $false ErrorAction = $SCT } $null = (Remove-Item @paramRemoveItem) } end { if (Get-Command -Name 'Set-MpPreference' -ErrorAction $SCT) { $null = (Set-MpPreference -EnableControlledFolderAccess Enabled -Force -ErrorAction $SCT) } } #region LICENSE <# BSD 3-Clause License Copyright (c) 2021, enabling Technology All rights reserved. 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